Windows shut down analyser?

Devlish · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:00

Basically my copy of windows takes ages to shut down. It just hangs at the 'windows is shutting down' message for about a minute and a half. My usage patterns mean I have to restart the comp quite often and the pause is bleeding annoying.

Ive tried everything, spyware and virus scans, terminating half of the processes with task manager, disabling clear pagefile, switching off unnecessary services and even a fresh install (solved the prob for about 2 weeks, then it was back, no new installs for about a week before).

So anyone know of a program (or trick) I can use to examine whats happening during the shut down process? If I knew what was hanging i could tackle it.

Cheers.

shocking · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:15

Sorry, I don't know of any software that does what you are asking (not convinced it exists). What AV software are you using?

sWiZzLe · 14 Jun 2007 at 00:54

Only thing i can think of which can cause this is the 'clear pagefile at shutdown' which you have mentioned.

Try running XP AntiSpy to see if this option has re-enabled itself.
Maybe have a look here at the 'Shutdown works but it's real slow' section

Craig321 · 14 Jun 2007 at 01:03

This'll fix it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

Craig.

sWiZzLe · 14 Jun 2007 at 16:47

Craig321 said:
This'll fix it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

Craig.

I looked at that but i thought thats in case it gets stuck logging off, where as Sleepless says its a problem shutting down

Craig321 · 14 Jun 2007 at 22:26

sWiZzLe said:
I looked at that but i thought thats in case it gets stuck logging off, where as Sleepless says its a problem shutting down

Oh, yes, I think the above is for when it gets stuck at "Saving Your Settings".

But you could give it a go anyway, it might work still

Craig.

Devlish · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:06

It didnt, thanks anyway chaps. Its a mystery.

jbloggs · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:28

Sleepless:

Try this, copy and paste values between 2 dotted lines into Notepad and save as .reg file, call it something like fast_shutdown, then right click and select Merge, reboot, and give it a while to work.

Backup Registry before Merging it.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

These allow you to end tasks faster, shut down faster and speed up the menu display.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00000000
"HungAppTimeout"="400"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="500"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="500"

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